Cent-wisdom and dollar-folly.
More Dutch Proverbs:
When it is God's will to plague a man, a mouse can bite him to death.Dutch
Threats don't kill.
Dutch
A guest, like a fish, stinks the third day.
Dutch
He who burns his posteriors must sit on blisters.
Dutch
An inch too short is as bad as a yard.
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It is a hard morsel that chokes.
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